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From: "John F. Chandler"   <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
To: ROOTS-L   <ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: John 1 Bent's wife Martha
In-reply-to: hsu@world.std.com message of Wed, 03 Jun 1998 14:57:47 -0400
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Helen wrote:

> Evidently some people think the wife of John 1 Bent, who came from
> Weyhill, Hampshire, England to Sudbury, Mass., in 1638-39, was named
> Martha Blanchard.

I assume the source of this rumor is the undisputed fact that Thomas
Blanchard of Charlestown was a brother-in-law to John Bent (Thomas
married John's sister Agnes as his second wife).  From that it is easy
to see how such a rumor could get started.

                                       John Chandler